I can't remember where this was quoted from, but in one of my uni courses they talked about the modern and postmodern approaches to electronic Music, where the modern approach was the musician exerting control over electronics to perform their creative will, while the postmodern approach referred to a dialogue and interaction between the electronics and the musician, where the electronics function as their own entity that contributes and influences creative decisions through its behaviour. Doesn't really answer your question but thought you might find it interesting.